Well, other than the obvious (which would be copious amounts of talent), both famed funnymen are featured alongside BlogTalkRadio’s three ever-popular hosts on Talkers Magazine‘s Frontier Fifty, an annual “selection of outstanding talk media webcasters.”

“This new platform is well on its way to becoming a key part of the establishment at an exponentially increasing rate of acceleration,” writes Talkers publisher Michael Harrison of Internet talk radio.

“Keeping that in mind, we should savor this creative, opportunity-rich period of its infancy while we still have it—a colorful chapter of new media history that this list endeavors to celebrate.

“To assume that internet talk radio will simply be a continuation of its terrestrial ancestor only with expanded reach would be akin to publishing newspapers without photographs or using horses to power automobiles.

Stephen: Emblematic of BTR's chat prowess.

“Thus this new list reflects not only a wide diversity of talent and the subjects and special interest demos they embrace, but also the wide array of mechanical, conceptual and formatic options available to the webcaster.”

Here, here! Or should we say, hear, hear!

Either way, our heartiest congratulations to Stephen and Kevin, and Jamey, and Bob for helping keep BlogTalkRadio the web’s leading source of compelling talk programming.

And if you’re not already familiar with their shows, we trust that you’ll check them out soon:

We’ve known for some time now that BlogTalkRadio is the place for talk-show hosts aspiring to hit the big time.

After all, in the past year alone we’ve seen our own Rodney Perry get snatched up by Mo’Nique as co-host of her red-hot BET show; we’ve seen VH1 cast our own Tionna Smalls opposite Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas in What Chilli Wants; and we’ve seen our own Kevin Ross partner with Byron Allen‘s Entertainment Studios on the recently-launched America’s Court with Judge Ross.

Still, it’s always nice to hear that sentiment echoed by an industry heavyweight, particularly one like Phil Boyce.

During his 14-year tenure at New York’s WABC-AM—America’s leading talk-radio station—Phil recruited Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, and later helped syndicate both hosts, who in turn became talk superstars.

And for the past two years, as president of programming and syndication for Talk Radio Network, he’s been even busier developing new and coaching top talent. Among TRN’s roster of A-list hosts are Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham, Mancow Muller and Jerry Doyle.

If Kendall Barrow makes hosting his own BlogTalkRadio show look simple, that’s because, well, it is.

And his hometown paper couldn’t agree more.

In a feature this week headlined “Thanks to technological advances, a few plugs and buttons, getting yourself on the air is easier said and done every day,” the Beaumont Enterprise highlights the 21-year-old Texan’s experience hosting his twice-weekly show.

"It's a great way to get a lot of people tuning in," Kendall (above) tells us of using BlogTalkRadio to voice his sports report.

“Kendall Barrow, a broadcast journalism junior at Lamar [University], has just finished his last class and is going to produce his sports talk radio show. But Barrow isn’t heading to a studio at a radio station,” writes reporter Amos Morale.

If you’ve yet to read up on BlogTalkRadio Founder and CEO Alan Levy, today’s a great time to start.

Because MediaBistro—the must-read site for media pros (and those who aspire to such)—has just published a 1,400-word profile by Kristen Fischer titled, “So What Do You Do, Alan Levy, Founder and CEO of BlogTalkRadio?”

Alan: "Podcast innovator."

“With about 1,300 new BlogTalkRadio shows popping up daily covering everything from the home birthing phenomenon to African-American conservatives, anyone’s voice can be heard,” MediaBistro writes.

“And thanks to an amazing technology that lets you call in live and speak to hosts, Levy’s little idea that could is succeeding online where terrestrial radio couldn’t.”

As for Alan’s take on our rapidly-emerging media sector, he says:

“The real power of BlogTalkRadio is the live aspect of the platform. By taking live callers or interviewing a panel of guests, this dynamic medium makes the conversation much more engaging then the majority of traditional podcasts, which do not enable live call-ins.

If you haven’t already guessed, that list is dominated by BlogTalkRadio hosts—eight, to be exact.

“To assume that internet talk radio will simply be a continuation of its terrestrial ancestor only with expanded reach would be akin to publishing newspapers without photographs or using horses to power automobiles,” writes Talkers publisher Michael Harrison.

“Thus, this new list reflects not only a wide diversity of talent and the subjects and special interest demos they embrace, but also the wide array of mechanical, conceptual and formatic options available to the webcaster,” he continues—before adding:

“Pay attention. Some of these unknown folks are heading to inevitable superstardom.”